RCFI Board

The parent corporation for the Reno in 2011 Bid is Reno Convention Fandom, Inc. (RCFI). The current Directors and Officers of RCFI (as of 18 December 2008) are as follows:

Officers: Patty Wells (President), Ruth Sachter (Secretary), John Lorentz (Treasurer)
Board members: Arthur Chenin, Aaron Curtis, Vince Docherty, Don Glover, Colin Harris, Mark Herrup, Tammy Lindsley, Jim Mann, Theresa Renner, Ben Yalow.

The Bylaws of the corporation will be made available for review as part of our formal filing which we expect to submit at the end of January 2009.

Committee & Credits

The standing staff of the Reno bid are listed below.

The core Committee for the bid are marked with an asterisk ("*") below. Following the links from the first mention of their names will take you to their bios where available.

Chair: Patty Wells *

Chair's Office:
    Secretary: Ruth Sachter *
    Calendar: Kamila Miller
    Volunteer Coordination: Sharon Pierce, Melanie Hertz
    Research: Tammy Lindsley *, Heidi Schaub *
    Technology: Don Glover *
    GoH Selection Coordinator: Vince Docherty *

Committee without Portfolio:
    Arthur Chenin *
    Cass Marshall *
    Larry Sanderson *
    Joe Siclari *
    Edie Stern *
    Marc Wells *

Finance & Memberships: John Lorentz *

Facilities Negotiation & Liaison:
    Ben Yalow *, Aaron Curtis *, Mark Herrup *, Theresa Renner *

Promotions & Publicity:
    Marketing: Colin Harris *
    Website: Rick Lindsley *, Susan Mohn
    Art Direction: Geri Sullivan *
    Artists: Brad Foster, John Picacio
    Flier Coordination: Page Fuller
    French Translation Services: Jean Coulombe

US Promotions Leads:
    Northwest: Ruth Sachter *
    California - LA: Kim Marks Brown *
    California - Bay Area: Ian Stockdale *, Richard Threadgill *
    South: Steve & Sue Francis *
    Texas: Laura Domitz
    Midwest: Mark Herrup *
    Northeast: Jim Mann *, Laurie Mann *, Theresa Renner *, Geri Sullivan *, Ben Yalow *

International Agents:
    Australia: Jean Weber
    Canada: Murray Moore
    Europe: Vince Docherty *
    Japan: Kodumasa Sato [JASFIC]
    UK: Steve Cooper

New Frontiers:
    Art & Artist Community Liaison: Irene Gallo, John Picacio, Jannie Shea

Special Thanks

In addition to our standing staff, we are of course indebted to the many volunteers who have helped us out in so many ways, not least with with staffing tables and party hosting at conventions around the US and beyond. Our special thanks therefore go to the following:

• Mike Benveniste, Deb Geisler, Laura Jean, Anne KG Murphy, and David Schroth for their timely assistance with bid table support and hosting parties.

• Mike Benveniste, Dave Gallaher, and Erik V. Olson for documenting our bid activities with their photographs.

Website Credits

Development of this website has been led by Rick Lindsley, Colin Harris and Susan Mohn, with support from many other members of the Reno in 2011 team. Specific artwork credits are as follows. Other than where indicated, material on this website may not be used without explicit permission.

• The Reno in 2011 logo was designed by Brad Foster.
• Reno hot air balloon images provided by Arthur and Sherri Chenin. Background art composited by Rick Lindsley.
• Images on the website are taken from a number of sources. Reno photos are primarily courtesy of the Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority. We would particularly like to thank our liaison there, Tanna McTee, and Webmaster Rick Saake.
• We would like to thank Kevin Standlee and Lisa Hayes for recording the Fannish Inquisition videos at Smofcon 2008 in Columbus, Ohio.